What does your desk look like?

coliver

@Dashrender said:

My OCD would make me have putty under both feet, not just one

@hobbit666 said:

Mine would require me to put the DC hereoes together.

creayt

I'm offended for Iron Man that you put him in-league with inferior superheroes.

creayt

@Minion-Queen said:

I have often wondered if that would be more useful or not. Still trying to decide though...

It's extremely useful for web browsing and coding. The only time I ever need a wide aspect ratio is when doing graphic design or database queries returning mass quantities of fields. For literally everything else the portrait orientation is spectacular, allowing you to scroll and scan much less while giving you a much more clear and present feel for the scope of any content ( which just feels great ).

Dashrender

@creayt said:

@Minion-Queen said:

I have often wondered if that would be more useful or not. Still trying to decide though...

It's extremely useful for web browsing and coding. The only time I ever need a wide aspect ratio is when doing graphic design or database queries returning mass quantities of fields. For literally everything else the portrait orientation is spectacular, allowing you to scroll and scan much less while giving you a much more clear and present feel for the scope of any content ( which just feels great ).

I wonder how much eye/neck strain you'll end up with because you are looking up higher than normal?

I have users who complain about the width of two wide screen monitors, having to swing their head left to right and back to see everything.

I realize there is no perfect solution. I read last week that it's suggested to sit more to the left of your displays as it will cause you to be looking more straight ahead at the left monitor (assuming that's the default) and glancing to the right as needed, potentially causing less neck stress.

I couldn't deal with having the borders of the monitor bezel going through my horizontal space of the normal monitor like that.

creayt

@thecreativeone91 said:

I couldn't deal with having the borders of the monitor bezel going through my horizontal space of the normal monitor like that.

I think you're thinking about it wrong. The horizontal space of each monitor is identical to that of a Retina MacBook Pro. You don't use them as one single monitor, you use them as three separate monitors, for segregating and partitioning resources in order to better iterate them or see multiple things at the same time.

creayt

@Dashrender said:

I wonder how much eye/neck strain you'll end up with because you are looking up higher than normal?

I have users who complain about the width of two wide screen monitors, having to swing their head left to right and back to see everything.

I realize there is no perfect solution. I read last week that it's suggested to sit more to the left of your displays as it will cause you to be looking more straight ahead at the left monitor (assuming that's the default) and glancing to the right as needed, potentially causing less neck stress.

That's the beautiful thing about these particular monitors. I ordered a few different models and tried them all for a day in a portrait setup like this. At 27 inches each and 2560x1440, you can sit back very far from them and still read small text comfortably ( at least I can, I have 20/20 according to my eye exam about 6 months ago, I realize that might not be the case for many ). 24-5 inch versions might work well for most people, but I'm very tall while sitting down and find this a perfect fit. I don't really move my head at all while I'm using them, you just dart your eyes around.

Dashrender

@thecreativeone91 said:

I couldn't deal with having the borders of the monitor bezel going through my horizontal space of the normal monitor like that.

For someone who needs to work in landscape mode more often than portrait I could definitely understand the dilemma. His setup probably wouldn't be good for a video editing station. Instead you'd want a seamless pair of monitors, or just one super larger, super high resolution display.

creayt

@Dashrender said:

For someone who needs to work in landscape mode more often than portrait I could definitely understand the dilemma. His setup probably wouldn't be good for a video editing station. Instead you'd want a seamless pair of monitors, or just one super larger, super high resolution display.

Definitely agree. For video editing you almost desperately need a single 4k or preferably 5k monitor.

JaredBusch

For the next 2 weeks

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scottalanmiller

Is that as short as it appears?

gjacobse

I think the answer would be a 'Yes' Scott..

From the limited knowledge of traditional Japanese culture, they do not use chairs. Dinning and socializing is done on the floor.

@scottalanmiller said:

Is that as short as it appears?

He's in Japan

JaredBusch

A lot of people have a western style dining table and other furniture today. But many do still have more traditional furniture.

Specifically, that desk is a kotatsu table.

Addtionally, we sleep on traditional Japanese futons on the floor while here. I'll get a picture for you all tonight if i remember.

scottalanmiller

@JaredBusch said:

Addtionally, we sleep on traditional Japanese futons on the floor while here. I'll get a picture for you all tonight if i remember.

I love sleeping that style. I prefer a thin mattress on a wood floor to almost anything.

scottalanmiller

@JaredBusch said:

Specifically, that desk is a kotatsu table.

Is that hard for long bouts of working at the laptop?

JaredBusch

@scottalanmiller said:

@JaredBusch said:

Specifically, that desk is a kotatsu table.

Is that hard for long bouts of working at the laptop?

Not really any harder than long bouts of working from the laptop at a normal desk. Someplace, I have a picture of me sitting at it from 2 years ago. If I locate that, I'll post it.

JaredBusch

@scottalanmiller said:

@JaredBusch said:

Addtionally, we sleep on traditional Japanese futons on the floor while here. I'll get a picture for you all tonight if i remember.

I love sleeping that style. I prefer a thin mattress on a wood floor to almost anything.

I prefer a slightly thicker mattress than the ones we are using. But as we are using guest futons, there is not much to complain about. I never have a problem sleeping on them.

JaredBusch

@JaredBusch said:

Addtionally, we sleep on traditional Japanese futons on the floor while here. I'll get a picture for you all tonight if i remember.

As promised, our futons. My in-laws have slightly thicker ones, but they sleep on them every day. The difference is small, but I notice they difference.
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gjacobse

@JaredBusch said:

@JaredBusch said:

Addtionally, we sleep on traditional Japanese futons on the floor while here. I'll get a picture for you all tonight if i remember.

As promised, our futons. My in-laws have slightly thicker ones, but they sleep on them every day. The difference is small, but I notice they difference.

While this takes the thread way off topic - how would one wash the futon (Japanese, not Western style)?

I still don't have my desk up.. but I have some of the materials needed to build it. weather didn't cooperate this weekend.